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Bill Clinton mentioned for wife’s Senate seat
After eight years as senator from New York, Hillary Clinton is trading places, moving from Congress to the incoming administration.
Continue reading...Burress appears in court; bail set at $100,000
1. December 2008
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was charged Monday with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Continue reading...Dow plummets nearly 8 percent
1. December 2008
The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may well be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging, hurtling the Dow down nearly 700 points.
Continue reading...Thai PM unable to quell crisis
1. December 2008
Thailand's prime minister stayed away from the capital Monday, unable to quell a political crisis that has paralyzed his government and shut down the city's two main airports.
Continue reading...Obama has ‘complete confidence’ in Clinton
1. December 2008
President-elect Barack Obama today announced Sen. Hillary Clinton as his pick for secretary of state, calling her an "American of tremendous stature who will have my complete confidence." Obama also confirmed that he is keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his current post.
Continue reading...Polish Jew gave life defining, fighting genocide
1. December 2008
Paris, 1948. In the shadow of the Holocaust, the fledgling United Nations meets to adopt one of its first human rights treaties.
Continue reading...Shoppers in trampling death sought
1. December 2008
Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.
Continue reading...Luxury cruise ship outruns pirates
1. December 2008
A 30,000-ton luxury cruise ship outran pirates off the coast of Yemen this weekend, the ship's owner said Monday.
Continue reading...U.S. deaths in Afghanistan drop sharply
1. December 2008
One American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed in part to their campaign against insurgents.
Continue reading...Mayor arrested on bribery, other charges
1. December 2008
The FBI on Monday arrested the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, on federal charges including conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering and filing false income tax returns.
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1. December 2008
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